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Searching with a thematic focus on Globalisation in Ghana

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  The macroeconomic impact of remittances in Ghana

  Intergovernmental Group of Twenty-Four, 2004

  This paper presents Balance of Payments (BOP) estimates of private remittances for Ghana.
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  Working together? The limits of local producer’s groups in Ghana

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004

  Encouraging local producers to form co-operative groups has been an important part of development policy in Africa. Such co-operative projects can help to reduce poverty in remote areas and give members greater control over their livelihoods. However, the benefits may be short-term or not be distributed evenly, and external subsidies can make groups dependent on donors.
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  The curse of remoteness: why some African households fail to benefit from economic growth

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004

  Economic growth in some African countries has improved the well-being of the poorest. However, in remote areas poverty remains entrenched. New research argues that Africa’s economic growth will not be translated into poverty reduction until the poor are given better access to markets and to basic infrastructure, such as roads.
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  Explaining African economic growth performance: the case of Ghana

  Global Development Network, 2002

  With positive economic growth since the mid 1980s, Ghana has regularly been put forward as a showcase of success in Africa. What accounts for this growth? This paper examines Ghana’s growth record and the macroeconomic policies that produced this growth.The authors review Ghana’s economic performance and note that Ghana’s overall growth record has one of unevenness.
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  Hands off: why international financial institutions must stop drilling, piping and mining

  Friends of the Earth International, 2003

  This report reviews the experience and outcomes of the funding by International Financial Institutions (IFIs) of projects in the extractive industries.
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  Poverty and gender: the limits of microfinance

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004

  Credit and savings schemes are hailed as blueprints for tackling poverty but their benefits are exaggerated. They fail to address the way gender effects relations of power and inequality within families. Frequently unsustainable, they seldom manage to cover their running costs.
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  Migration, return and socio-economic change in West Africa: the role of family

  Sussex Centre for Migration Research, 2003

  This paper seeks to analyse the influence of migrants’ families on return and the transfer of financial, human and social capital by West African migrants who have lived in Europe and North America. The paper argues that families play an important role in return migration, remittances, and aspects of human, social and financial capital acquisition and investment.
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  Globalisation and the developing countries: emerging strategies for rural development and poverty alleviation

  International Service for National Agricultural Research, 2002

  This on-line book reviews the impact of globalisation on a range of issues, including the effects of changing global rules and regulations on the economies of developing countries in general, and their agricultural sectors in particular. The book divides into four main sections, and includes chapters by various authors.Part I: globalisation from the perspective of the South.
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  Globalization, poverty and inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa: a political economy appraisal

  OECD Development Centre, 2001

  Paper explores the policies and political context underlying the response of African countries to globalisation, with an emphasis on trade liberalisation.African countries have had mixed experiences with globalisation, with some achieving better social outcomes than others.

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